Английская Википедия:1888–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

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The 1888–89 season was the 16th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.

Scottish Cup

Шаблон:Main A successful run in the Scottish Cup brought Dumbarton to their eighth semi final and their first ever meeting with Celtic. On the day however the Glasgow side were to prove too strong and ran out 4-1 winners.

Dumbartonshire Cup

The trophy was lifted for the second time, beating their town rivals Dumbarton Athletic easily in the final.

Greenock Charity Cup

An invitation to compete in the Greenock Charity Cup was accepted, but Dumbarton lost out to the hosts Morton in the final.

Friendlies

During the season, 28 'friendly' matches were played, including home and away fixtures against Vale of Leven, Dumbarton Athletic and Queen's Park. There were also matches against the current holders of the East of Scotland Shield (Mossend Swifts), the Lanarkshire Cup (Airdrie), the Renfrewshire Cup (St Mirren) and the Stirlingshire Cup (East Stirling), and a 3 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In England, matches were played against Sunderland and Sunderland Albion, and Dumbarton also gave the Welsh national team a tough work-out in a game at Boghead. In all, 9 matches were won, 7 drawn and 12 lost, scoring goals 74 and conceding 67.

Player statistics

Dumbarton continued to attract some of the best players in Scotland, and joining up this season were Dickie Boyle and Geordie Dewar.
Amongst those leaving was internationalist Peter Miller after a career with the club spanning over 13 seasons.

Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Шаблон:Flagicon James Bell	Шаблон:Sort	8	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Dickie Boyle	Шаблон:Sort	2	0
Шаблон:Flagicon John Hannah	Шаблон:Sort	8	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Duncan Stewart	Шаблон:Sort	5	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Geordie Dewar	Шаблон:Sort	8	4
Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Hannah	Шаблон:Sort	1	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Leitch Keir	Шаблон:Sort	7	1
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom McMillan	Шаблон:Sort	8	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Ralph Aitken	Шаблон:Sort	6	3
Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Bell	Шаблон:Sort	7	7
Шаблон:Flagicon John Chapman	Шаблон:Sort	8	4
Шаблон:Flagicon James Collins	Шаблон:Sort	1	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Edward Duffy	Шаблон:Sort	1	0
Шаблон:Flagicon William Lapsley	Шаблон:Sort	8	7
Шаблон:Flagicon John Madden	Шаблон:Sort	8	3
Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Miller	Шаблон:Sort	2	0

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International caps

Шаблон:Main An international trial match was played on 16 February 1889 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1889 British Home Championship.

Geordie Dewar was selected to take part and subsequently earned his second cap against England.

Representative matches

Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county matches as follows:

Date	Opponent	Result	Players(Goals)
Шаблон:Left26 January 1889	Шаблон:LeftEast of Scotland	4-2	Шаблон:LeftBell,Jas;Bell,Jn;Dewar;Stewart
Шаблон:Left26 January 1889	Шаблон:LeftRenfrewshire	6-1	Шаблон:LeftAitken;Madden(3);McMillan
Шаблон:Left23 February 1889	Шаблон:LeftBirmingham & District	2-5	Шаблон:LeftBell;Dewar;Madden(1);McMillan(1):Stewart
Шаблон:Left25 February 1889	Шаблон:LeftLiverpool District	1-2	Шаблон:LeftBell(1);Dewar;Madden;McMillan:Stewart
Шаблон:Left9 April 1889	Шаблон:LeftScottish International XI	1-2	Шаблон:LeftBell(D);Madden(D);McMillan(D):Stewart(I)*

• - 'D' played for Dumbartonshire ; 'I' played for Internationals

In addition Geordie Dewar was selected to play for a 'Counties' team against a Glasgow Select on 4 October 1888 - Glasgow won 9-0.

Reserve team

Dumbarton lost in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Linthouse, but in the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup, the trophy was won for the first time by beating Vale of Leven in the final.